Picture-frame.



1.]. McNICHOLAS.

PICTURE FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7.19I7.

Patented Jan. 8,1918.

II I r w r, I r f INVENTOR ATTORNEYS JOHN J. MCNICHOLAS, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO NOTASEME HOSIERY COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PICTURE-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 7, 1917. Serial N01 166,981.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. MONICHEOLAS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Picture-Frame, of which the f llowing 18 a specification.

My invention consists of a novel construction of a picture frame whose front is composed of a continuous sheet of celluloid or similar transparent material having at its outer portionv a border or frame or simulation of a frame, which is wholly or partly opaque, whereby a pleasing appearance is imparted to the entire frame, and an advertisement, card, drawing, photograph or the like held therein will have the appearance of a specially framed picture, so that an inexpensive display card will look like an expensive framed picture, the article displayed being kept clean and in good condition at alltimes.

It further consists of a novel manner of assembling a sheet and the border or frame therefor with respect to the back or body of the same.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawing a form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same will be found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it will be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized, and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a front perspective view of a picture frame embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a rear perspective view of Fig. 1, on a reduced scale.

FFig. 3 represents a section on line 3-3 ig. 4 represents a section on line 44; Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of the front showing the opaque border employed as a frame in detached position.

Fig. 6 represents a transverse section of another embodiment of my invention.

1 designates a frame proper and 2 desig i nates a thin late of sheet metal or similar material havlng the slot 3 therein for the insertion of an advertising card, drawing, plate, photograph or the like, which is to be displayed and which can be changed as often as desired, the edge or portion 4 of said slot being deflected upon the back 5 of the device to which is attached the rear support or prop 6, said parts 5 and 6 being of paper, cardboard or similar material if desired. a

7 designates a transparent sheet of celluloid or similar transparent material having an opaque frame or border 8 secured thereto, the outer terminals of said sheet and border 7 and 8 being coextensive and deflected, as indicated at 9 and 10, the edges of said deflected portions being held between the deflected outer portions 11 and 12 of the metal sheet 2, as will be understood from Figs. 3 and 4:, while the outer edge of the sheet 7 and the contiguous opaque frame or border Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

8 is brought over and around the edges of the back 2 of sheet metal or other material so that the entire device has a neat and finished appearance.

The inner contour of the opaque frame or border 8 may be square or polygonal, as indicated at the upper and lower edges 13 and the side edges 14, or it may be oval or other contour. It will be seen that the entire easel front being composed of the celluloid or similar transparent sheet, having the opaque border or frame 8, whose inner edges 13-13 and l414 define or constitute the boundaries of the window, will give to an inexpensive display card the appearance of an expensive framed picture and the latter will in addition be always kept clean and in good condition and furthermore the display card, advertisement, photograph or the like will have the appearance of a specially framed picture.

The frame or border 8 which is preferample, be lithographed on paper and placed under the cellulold, so as to show therethrough, or the frame design or contour might be lithographed on steel and placed on the front ofv the celluloid sheet 7.

The easel back or body portion 2 may be made of cardboard or sheet metal and pressed out by suitable dies, punches or similar implements to hold the card inserted in perfect alinement. The celluloid sheet 7 may although it doesnt have to extend across the entire front portion of the frame proper thereby giving a pleasing and ornamental appearance thereto and to the card, advertisement, photograph or the like held at the back thereof, and I preferably give the outer edge of the sheet 7 and the frame coac-ting therewith the appearance of being beveled, as indicated at 15. The icture, display card, advertisement or the H (e is inserted or withdrawn at the slot 3, as is evident.

In Fig. 6 I show the edge portion of the transparent sheet 7 and similar portions of the back 5 clamped and held together by the marginal rim 9 which extends around the rear portion of the frame of the device and overlaps the side and bottom edge portions of the back leaving the top of the back open, said top and body of said back set out from the edge portions of said sheet so as to form the slot or throat 3 through which the card, picture, etc. may be inserted between the transparent sheet and back and removed therefrom.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction of picture frame which embodies the features of description, and while I have, in the present slot therein, a transparent celluloid sheet extending completely across said back and secured thereto at the rear of said back, and

a frame proper carried by or attached to said transparent front.

2. In a picture frame, a backhaving means for the insertion of the matter to be displayed, a sheet constituting a transparent front extending completely across said back,

and a frame adjacent to said front, the outer edges of said front and frame being coextensive and bent around the edges of said back, the latter having at its rear a continuous outwardly deflected lip which retains said front and its frame in assembled position' with respect to said back.

3. In a picture frame, a frame proper, a back having means for the insertion of the matter to be displayed, and a sheet of transparent material extending across said back, said frame having at its rear a marginal rim which clamps the edge portions of said back and sheet.

JOHN J. McNICHOLAS.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, N. Bussmenn. 

